Israel Sent Message via Egypt to Prevent Iranian Response: IRGC Commander
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Aerospace Force Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh revealed that the Israeli regime sent a message through Egypt’s foreign minister to avert an Iranian response to an attack on Iran’s embassy in the Syrian capital Damascus.
During a gathering of senior professors and foreign dignitaries in the holy city of Qom, General Hajizadeh emphasized that the True Promise operation was a consequence of the criminal actions of the Zionist regime, stating, "If Israel's goal was to assassinate Iranian military commanders, it could have done so outside Iran's consulate in Syria. Israel's aim was to achieve a strategic victory to compensate for its defeat on October 7."
In its first direct attack on the occupied Palestinian territories, Iran launched drones and missiles toward Israel in April in retaliation for the Israeli attack on its Damascus consulate, which led to the martyrdom of seven IRGC personnel.
Hajizadeh added, "The people of the world need to be aware and enlightened; the Gaza war is the cost for the world to become enlightened, and all the events happening in the world today are the result of the Gaza war."
He highlighted that strategic victories have regional implications, noting that the Zionist regime’s move against Iran was a “miscalculation, as they believed Iran would not respond, expecting resistance forces to act instead."
Hajizadeh noted that 221 fighter jets had been prepared to counter Iranian attacks, emphasizing that the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei insisted that the True Promise operation should be “decisive”.
The IRGC Aerospace Force commander described the operation as the largest missile and drone operation globally, stating, "To bypass Israel's Iron Dome (missile defense), a large number of missiles and drones were needed. The True Promise operation was an extensive and limited punishment, destroying two intelligence and operational bases involved in the martyrdom of Iranian commanders in Syria."
He stated that the defeat of Israel's deterrent power equals its collapse, adding, "Now the spirit of the resistance axis has been strengthened, and the region's history has been divided into before and after the True Promise operation.”
Hajizadeh stated that in the True Promise operation, 20% of the Islamic Republic's military capability was deployed, adding, "Israel's missile defense systems were not attacked because they were near major cities, and if the war with Israel had continued, it wouldn't have taken long to destroy Israel."